Founding Strategy & Operations Generalist

Sela AI • San Francisco, CA

15h • Hybrid

About The Position

Sela is an AI voice agent for mortgage lenders. Since starting in mid-2024, the company has signed 6 of the 10 largest independent mortgage banks in the U.S., grown to approximately $14 million in annualized revenue over 21 months, and handles around 600,000 calls per day. Sela has raised $21 million across its Seed and Series A rounds from Emergence and Costanoa. The company aims to help make mortgages less expensive through AI-powered origination.

The Founding Strategy & Operations Generalist will be Sela’s first strategy and operations hire and will report to the CEO. The role will focus initially on hiring as the company plans to triple its team in a year while maintaining its hiring bar. The hire will own candidate targeting, outreach, evaluation, and closing, and will subsequently take on other business needs based on company priorities and the individual’s interests, potentially across sales, product, finance, and people.

The role also includes building AI tools and agents to automate work, with engineering support available as needed. Its future scope will expand according to the person’s capacity and the company’s needs, which may include developing a new revenue motion, pricing model, or finance function.

Requirements

• Have 2–4 years of experience after school, spent at a top consulting firm, in finance, or in an operating role at a fast-paced, venture-backed startup.
• Be hungry and high-agency; independently identify what needs to happen and make it happen.
• Be intellectually curious, eager to understand how a business works, and quick to learn new domains.
• Be exceptional with people and leave everyone who speaks with you with a stronger impression of Sela, whether or not they are hired.
• Be genuinely fluent with AI tools, use them every day, and have built something yourself.
• Be excited about working four days a week in the San Francisco office.

Responsibilities

• Own hiring strategy, including identifying target candidates and bringing them into the recruiting process.
• Develop ways to evaluate candidates fairly and efficiently.
• Help sell candidates on Sela and close top talent.
• Build AI tools and agents to automate work, with engineering support when needed.
• Take on additional business challenges as needed, potentially in areas such as sales, product, finance, or people.
• Potentially develop a new revenue motion, pricing model, or finance function.

Benefits

• $130,000–$175,000 base salary plus generous equity.
• Top-of-market medical, dental, and vision coverage for the employee and dependents.
• 401(k) with a top-of-market employer match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Hybrid schedule with four days a week together in San Francisco and a flexible remote day on Wednesdays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed